Beneficial Use of Dredged Material from the Illinois Marine Transportation System

Approximately 270 to 285 million cubic yards of materially dredged annually by the US Army Corps of Engineering is reusable because it is NOT contaminated. Therefore, IDOT is interested in exploring possible uses of nonhazardous dredged material in roads, ports, intermodal facilities, and other applicable civic improvement programs that are in compliance with environmental regulations. This project aims to characterize the origin of the subject-dredged material because the method of dredging influences the material properties and potential reuse options; quantify dredging volumes across Illinois; identify existing limitations for reuse of such materials; and propose potential modifications to remove these limitations to increase the reuse of noncontaminated dredged materials.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $150000
• Contract Numbers:

  R27-212

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  2300 S. Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Center for Transportation
  1611 Titan Drive
  Rantoul, IL  United States  61866
• Principal Investigators:

  Stark, Timothy

  Osouli, Abdolreza

• Start Date: 20190901
• Expected Completion Date: 20220228
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Dredged materials; Dredging; Recycled materials
• Geographic Terms: Illinois
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01714408
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: R27-212
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2019 1:10PM